- Deep Work (2016) - Cal Newport - reread
- Simple Numbers, Straight Talk, Big Profits! (2011) - Greg Crabtree
- The Book of Five Rings (1643) - Miyamoto Musashi (1584-1645)
- QBQ! The Question Behind the Question (2001) - John G. Miller
- Knock! Issue #1 (2021) - The Merry Mushmen
- How to Be an Antiracist (2019) - Ibram X. Kendi
- Post Corona (2020) - Scott Galloway
- Breakthrough Advertising (1966) - Eugene Schwartz - reread
- Untamed (2020) - Glennon Doyle (1974-)
- The Trusted Advisor (2001) - David Maister
- Soundtracks (2021) - Jon Acuff
- Altered Carbon (2002) - Richard K. Morgan
- Don’t Call It That (2016) - Eli Altman
- Dawn (1987) - Octavia Butler (1947-2006)
- Adulthood Rites (1988) - Octavia Butler (1947-2006)
- Streetlights and Shadows (2009) - Gary Klein
- Foundation (1951) - Isaac Asimov (1920-1992) - reread
- Dune (1965) - Frank Herbert (1920-1986) - reread
- Imago (1989) - Octavia Butler (1947-2006)
- Swords Against Death (1970) - Fritz Leiber (1910-1992)
- World War II Infantry Tactics: Squad and Platoon (2004) - Dr. Stephen Bull
- Clinician’s Guide to Partial Hospitalization and Intensive Outpatient Practice (2015) - David Houvenagle
- Childhood’s End (1953) - Arthur C. Clarke (1917-2008)
2021 YEAR END TOTALS:
| type | total | % |
|---|
| gnr: | 8 | 34.8% |
| lit: | 0 | |
| mm: | 0 | |
| pol: | 2 | 8.7% |
| his: | 1 | 4.3% |
| rpg: | 1 | 4.3% |
| sci: | 2 | 8.7% |
| wis: | 3 | 13% |
| biz: | 6 | 26.1% |
- Total Fiction: 8 (34.8%)
- Total Heavies (pol/his/sci): 5 (21.7%)
- Total Work (wis/biz): 9 (39.1%)
Last Decade Numbers
| type | ‘21 | ‘20 | ‘19 | ‘18 | ‘17 | ‘16 | ‘15 | ‘14 | ‘13 | ‘12 | TTL | % |
|---|
| gnr: | 8 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 17 | 9 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 1 | 102 | 30.1% |
| lit: | 0 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 42 | 12.7% |
| mm: | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2.1% |
| pol: | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 3.9% |
| his: | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 42 | 12.7% |
| rpg: | 1 | 1 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 11.1% |
| sci: | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 5.7% |
| wis: | 3 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 27 | 8.1% |
| biz: | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 43 | 13% |
| TTL: | 23 | 19 | 42 | 42 | 64 | 23 | 38 | 29 | 30 | 15 | 332 | |
- Total Fiction: 151 (45.5%)
- Total Heavies (pol/his/sci): 74 (22.3%)
- Total Work (wis/biz): 71 (21.4%)
Last Decade Percentages
| ‘21 | ‘20 | ‘19 | ‘18 | ‘17 | ‘16 | ‘15 | ‘14 | ‘13 | ‘12 |
|---|
| Fiction | 34.8% | 47.4% | 40.5% | 38.1% | 54.7% | 46.7% | 31.6% | 64.3% | 66.7% | 13.3% |
| Heavies | 21.7% | 5.3% | 21.4% | 21.4% | 32.8% | 26.7% | 26.3% | 17.9% | 16.7% | 0.0% |
| Work | 39.1% | 42.1% | 7.1% | 14.3% | 4.7% | 13.3% | 36.8% | 17.9% | 16.7% | 86.7% |
LEGEND
- gnr - (fiction): genre (sff/hor/mys)
- lit - (fiction): literature
- mm - (fiction): mass market
- pol - geopolitics (eco/pol/soc)
- his - history (bio/rel/war)
- rpg - roleplaying games
- sci - science (chem/phy/psych)
- wis - wisdom/self-help/spiritual
- biz - work (craft/mar/copy)
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